Table 4.
Patients and Operative Characteristics.
| Value | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Articles | 36 | |
| Patients | 286 | |
| Flaps | 387 | |
| Age (years) | ||
| Articles including data | 32 | 88.9% (1) |
| Mean +/− 95% CI | 35.6 +/− 0.91 | |
| Range | 16–76 | |
| Female sex | ||
| Number of patients | 125 | 48.3% (1) |
| Articles including data | 31 | 86.1% (1) |
| Smoking | ||
| Number of patients | 66 | 55% (1) |
| Articles including data | 24 | 66.7% (1) |
| HBP | ||
| Number of patients | 5 | 7% (1) |
| Articles including data | 8 | 22.2% (1) |
| Diabetes | ||
| Number of patients | 16 | 12.6% (1) |
| Articles including data | 12 | 33.3% (1) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||
| Articles including data | 6 | 16.7% (1) |
| Mean +/− 95% CI | 27.9 +/− 1.20 | |
| Range | 18.17–45.7 | |
| Overweight/obesity | ||
| Number of patients | 63 | 67.7% (1) |
| Articles including data | 9 | 25% (1) |
| Location | ||
| Articles including data | 36 | 100% (2) |
| Axillary | 322 | 83.2% (2) |
| Inguinal | 19 | 4.9% (2) |
| Anogenital | 45 | 11.6% (2) |
| Cervical | 1 | 0.3% (2) |
| Hurley stage | ||
| Articles including data | 12 | 33.3% (2) |
| Mean +/− 95% CI | 2.8 +/− 0.0 | |
| Range | 2–3 | |
| Lateral surgical margin | ||
| Articles including data | 32 | 88.9% (2) |
| Affected skin | 142 | 37.5% (2) |
| Surgical margin around affected skin | 77 | 20.3% (2) |
| Hairy skin | 157 | 41.4% (2) |
| Surgical margin around hairy skin | 3 | 0.8% (2) |
| Deep surgical margin | ||
| Articles including data | 31 | 86.1% (2) |
| Affected area | 243 | 66.6% (2) |
| Subcutaneous tissue | 5 | 1.4% (2) |
| Subcutaneous tissue excluding fascia | 54 | 14.8% (2) |
| Subcutaneous tissue including fascia | 44 | 12.1% (2) |
| Surgical margin around affected area | 19 | 5.2% (2) |
| Peri operative antibiotic therapy | ||
| Number of flaps | 126 | 100% (2) |
| Articles including data | 9 | 25% (2) |
| Surface of flap (cm2) | ||
| Articles including data | 15 | 41.7% (2) |
| Mean +/− 95% CI | 128.3 +/− 11.3 | |
| Range | 20–374 |